01-24-2004, 06:01 AM
How to perform Hajj:
Pillars of Hajj:- (Arkan)
1. Ihram
2. Standing in Arafat i.e. staying and supplication
3. Tawaf Al-Ifadah (Main Circumambulation)
4. Making Sa'ee between Safa and Marwah
Duties of Hajj: (Wajibat)
1. Ihram at Miqat (Station of Ihram)
2. Standing at Arafat till the sunset for those who stand there by noon.
3. Spending the night in Muzdalifa and leaving before sunrise except women and weak people who may proceed to Mina at any time after midnight.
4. Staying during the nights of Tashriq Days in Mina.
5. Pelting the three Jamarat during the Days of Tashriq (11th, 12th and 13th of Zul Hijja).
6. Shaving or shortening of hair after pelting Jamarat al-A'kaba.
7.Tawaf Al-Wadda (Farewell Circumambulation).
* He who leaves a pillar of Hajj, his Hajj will not be accepted unless he does this pillar (rukun).
* He who leaves a duty (Wajib), he should offer sacrifice for the poor of Al-Haram.
Forbidden Acts During the state of Ihram:
Applying perfume, trimming hair or clipping the nails, a male covering his head, killing or hunting animals of game, sexual intercourse with your spouse, and its causes and stimulants, making a marriage contract, marriage proposal, wearing sewn clothes or boots or shoes reaching above the ankles, cutting or plucking of trees, plants or grass within the Sacred Precincts (Al-Haram).
Rites of Hajj
8th Day of Dhul-Hijja (Tarwiyah Day):
* At noon this Day, the pilgrim performs Ihram from any- where he stays where he intends to perform the rites of Hajj.
Before Talbiya he should do the following:-
Take a bath, clip his nails, trim his moustache, shave the pubic hair then put on 2 clean white seamless garments (Izar and Rida), women put on any regular decent dress, but she should not use face veils and gloves and she should leave the face and the hands uncovered but she is allowed to cover her face with her garment or head cover that is not a niqab when men approach.
For ‘Qarin’ and ‘Mufrid’, it is not allowed for them to shave or shortening hair as Mutamatti does, because they are still in the state of Ihram.
* It is a Sunnah for the pilgrim to cover his shoulders when he puts on Ihram dress.
* Then he says “Here I am My Lord, I intend to perform Hajj”.
* If he fears that anything may detain him from completing Hajj, He can make his intention conditional by saying:
“If I am detained by anything, my release from Ihram shall be where I am detained, "Whenever he conditioned and is detained by anything, he could discard his Ihram without any penalty”.
* When the pilgrim intends Hajj, He must avoid all forbidden acts of Ihram.
* Pilgrim recites Talbiya very often and does not stop reciting till he reaches Mina where he pelts jamarat Al-Aqaba on the 10th day of Zul-Hijja.
* Then he proceeds with pilgrims to Mina reciting Talbiya where he prays Noon prayer (Zuhr), Afternoon prayer (Asr), Sunset prayer (Maghrib), Evening Prayer (Isha) and Dawn Prayer (Fajr), he is not allowed to combine prayers together, he is only allowed to shorten 4-rak'at prayers.
* The Prophet (may peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) did not use to maintain supererogatory prayers which called in Arabic (Rawatib). He only used during his travel to practise the two optional Rakaat before the morning prayer and also the Witr prayer (after Isha prayer).
* He should maintain the supplications used to be said by Prophet Muhammad, especially, the supplications of morning evening & sleeping.
* He stays in Mina this night.
